Johnson ices the Gaetz investigation, Trump rewards his lawyers, drug stocks tank amid RFK nomination.
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Democrats are still trying to figure out how to work with - and counter - Donald Trump |
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Democrats are still trying to come to grips with the numerous reasons why Kamala Harris lost and now they have a new problem - how do they work with a Donald Trump administration and both houses under his party's control? Trump's election win quickly changed to his transition, where he has made a number of controversial appointments and threatened to use the recess process to get them into power. In the Senate, Republicans have enough seats for a majority, but many bills need at least 60 votes to avoid a filibuster. That means Democrats are going to have to think fast about how they work with Republicans or counter them given their minority. Senator Mark Kelly of Arizona won election to a full term just two years before Trump won his state. For his part, Kelly told The Independent he's worried about whether Trump will compromise legislation such as the CHIPS and Science Act, which the president-elect has opposed. "So I am, more than willing to try to collaborate, work with him, to get them to the point where they realize that this is a big win for our country," Kelly said, specifically pointing to the number of jobs that it created not just in Arizona but also in states like Ohio and Texas that voted for Trump by wider margins. Read more here. |
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| Trump's controversial cabinet picks will cost him political capital. Will they bankrupt him before he even takes office? |
ANALYSIS: Trump could be blowing his political capital on cabinet choices who his own party can't stomach, Andrew Feinberg reports. |
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You know, he likes this place. I can't get him out of here |
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| - Closing the Gaetz: Speaker Mike Johnson said that he will request that the House Ethics Committee not release its report into allegations of sexual misconduct and illicit drug use made against former Florida Congressman and Attorney General nominee Matt Gaetz, Gustaf Kilander reports. Asked if he thinks the report should come out, Johnson told reporters: "I do not. No, I think it's a terrible breach of protocol."
- Trump's patronage game: The lawyers who defended Donald Trump in his criminal cases and demanded the Supreme Court shield him from prosecution have been awarded job offers for some of the biggest roles in federal law enforcement, Alex Woodward writes.
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